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• Leave Before You Love Me by Bugaboo_chaton

  Fandoms: 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Manga)  

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  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  13 Mar 2025

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  • Shinazugawa Sanemi/Tomioka Giyuu
  • Kochou Kanae/Shinazugawa Sanemi
  • Kumeno Masachika/Sabito
  • Tomioka Giyuu
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi
  • Kanroji Mitsuri
  • Iguro Obanai
  • Uzui Tengen
  • Kochou Shinobu
  • Sabito (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Kumeno Masachika
  • Kochou Kanae
  • Modern Setting
  • Unrequited Love
  • Somewhat reciprocated
  • Angst
  • Soft Shinazugawa Sanemi
  • Everyone Is Alive
  • Slow Burn
  • Kind Of
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Past Relationship(s)
  • Past struggles
  • Falling In Love
  • slowly but surely
  • Anxiety
  • Idiots in Love
  • Denial of Feelings
  • Tomioka Giyuu Needs a Hug
  • Shinazugawa Sanemi Needs a Hug
  • Pining
  • Gentle Kissing
  • shit ton of angst
  • Background Relationships
  • Eventual Smut
  • Kissing
  • Top Shinazugawa Sanemi
  • Bottom Tomioka Giyuu
  • Confessions
  • Sex
  • ’happy ending’
  • Anal Sex

  Summary

  Sanemi and Giyu meet under abrupt circumstances and click almost instantly.

  Sanemi finds himself deeply falling for Giyu and yet at the same time, Giyu himself is trying to flee from that exact thing that burdens him. Giyu is dealing with heartbreak issues, fearing that their relationship could develop into something serious, and he feels the need to run away from it before it gets too serious.

   

  "Sanemi...
  You really should leave before you begin to love me…"

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  9,051

  Chapters:

  4/?

  Comments:

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